a week of pink with liz :  friday

(pretty in pink found in old montreal during a february mini vacation with my love)

i like mini vacations and i love traveling somewhere in february.  its an odd time to travel especially since i never actually leave this big ol' country of mine to venture someplace tropical but this year as with last year, i am heading to the closest thing to tropical we have in this frozen iceberg of country, the vancouver coastline. 

this year, i will be staying with my beautiful friend, maddie and that is a whole lot of sunshine even if its slated to rain the entire week i will be there.  rain is better than snow about now and i hear that spring is starting to show her pretty face in the vancouver area with new buds and trees blossoming.  spring doesn't really even start to flirt with us over in this part of the country until the later part of april and doesn't really get down to business until may.

i am planning on packing my pretty purple rainboots and my pretty pink umbrella,

(polaroid sx-70 / expired 600 film)

also my sketchbooks, some art supplies and a few cameras.  but.  mostly.  i am going to soak up the salty air, walk on the beach, dream, laugh, twirl in the rain and just be.  i really can't wait.

am also super excited to see my sister's new painted digs ... her home always makes me feel relaxed and being with her reminds me life is filled with possibility.

i am in desperate need of a vacation and now that its friday and i have survived a crazy work week, i am again feeling pretty grateful for my life and the fact that i am about to have a proper much needed vacation.

pink is sort of peaceful i think,

(slave lake is not the ocean but it is the body of water that holds my heart)